Improved manufacture of wire-cloth



R. NUTTING. MANUFAGTURE 0F WIRE CLOTH.

Nox 25,578. Patented Sept, 27, 1.859.,

-UNIT-.ED STA-TES PATENT ,Orleanso nUFUs NUTTING, on RANDOLPH, VERMONT.

IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF WIRE-CLOTH.

Specification forming partot` Letters Patent No. 25,578. dated September27, 185th T0 all w/z/o'm, zit 11b/Ly con/cariz:

Be it known that I, RUFUs NUTTING, of Randolph, inthe county of Orangeand State of Vermont7 have invented a new and nsetnl Improvement in theManufacture of Wire- Gloth; and-I do hereby declare that the followingis a fnll and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying photographic views "and" tne lettersof reference markedthereon;

Wire-cloth as heretofore produced has rough andthe surface ot' the clothrendered smooth and even.

The compression of the Wirecloth may be' effected in any of thewcll-known modes of compressing metals.

The one l have hitherto most adopted consists in passing it betweencalenderrollers suitably constructed for the purpose. Directpressure-such, for example, as is effected by a hydraulic press-may beused to compress the wire-cloth, the cloth being placed between metalplates in the press,which is operated in the usual way. vBy directpressure the meshes of the cloth are better preserved than by passing itbetween rollers. Grain-screens inade'of compressed wire-cloth act moreefficiently up` on gran-that-.iS, the grain glides over them morefreely-than do sereensmade' of Wirecloth in the lordinary condition.Compressing Wire cloth, as aforesaid, also improves it for manyothernses-snch, for example, as

shielding vcr'gnarding the cylinders-of carding-machines to prevent thedying 0E of the cotton or other materials acted upon.

In the accompanyingA views, A represents a specimen of Wire-cloth in itsordinary condition, and B a specimen of similar cloth after it has beencompressed.

Having described the vnature of myinvention and pointed outsome ofits'nses, what I` claim-as new, and desire to secure by Letters Eatent,is-

Compressing. wire-cloth by passing it bes tween rollers suitablyconstructed, or by'equivalent means, whereby its surfaces are renderedsmooth'and even, in the manner and for-the purposesfsubstantially asspecified..

' y RUFUS NUTTING. W'itnesses: f

- S. H, Npr'rING, H. CoLoNGHoN.

